Racism and Sociopolitical Engagement Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Racial/Ethnic Minority Adults

VanDaalen, Rachel A.; Santos, Carlos Eduardo dos

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“…DeBlaere and colleagues (2013) found that queer women of color may mitigate psychological distress related to perceived heterosexism through partaking in sexual‐minority based collective action. Similarly, a higher perception of racism in the mainstream queer community was associated with higher sociopolitical involvement in both queer and racial–ethnic minority communities (VanDaalen & Santos, ). Among same gender loving Black women and men, perceived connection to the queer community was a distinctly important predictor of sociopolitical action within both queer and Black communities (Harris & Battle, ; Battle & Harris, ).…”

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Queering Black activism: Exploring the relationship between racial identity and Black activist orientation among Black LGBTQ youth

Pender

Hope

Riddick

2018

Journal Community Psychology

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Linked fate, or connection to the Black community, may be a pathway to engagement in social justice action for Black liberation. The purpose of this study is to understand the role of racial identity on Black queer youths’ orientation toward Black activism. We used hierarchical linear regression to examine relationships between dimensions of racial identity and Black activism orientation among 142 queer‐identified youth. We found that racial centrality and racial ideologies predicted high‐risk activism orientation. Additionally, assimilationist ideology moderated the relationship between racial centrality and high‐risk activism orientation. The degree to which Black queer youth feel race is central to their self‐concept relates with their intent to engage in Black activism. These findings demonstrate that racial ideologies matter distinctively to activism orientation and offer that perception of risk nuances linked fate as a pathway to activism for Black queer youth.

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Queering Black activism: Exploring the relationship between racial identity and Black activist orientation among Black LGBTQ youth

Pender

Hope

Riddick

2018

Journal Community Psychology

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“…Those studies that have examined civic participation among sexual minorities of color, however, provide suggestive evidence that their intersectionally-marginalized status is related to even more politically-distinctive behavior. Work by scholars such as Angelique Harris and Juan Battle (2013), Dara Strolovitch, Janelle Wong, and Andrew Proctor (2017), and Rachel VanDaalen and Carlos Santos (2017), for example, suggests that multiply marginalized individuals might be particularly socially and politically engaged, and also provides hints about the nature of that engagement. For example, Harris and Battle (2013) have shown that among “same-gender loving” Black women and men, feeling connected to LGBT communities was the most important predictor of sociopolitical involvement.…”

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“…For example, Harris and Battle (2013) have shown that among “same-gender loving” Black women and men, feeling connected to LGBT communities was the most important predictor of sociopolitical involvement. While Harris and Battle find that a sense of community increases political engagement, scholars have found that some kinds of threats—such as the perception that heterosexism (Swank and Fahs, 2013) and racism (VanDaalen and Santos, 2017) are problems—is associated with increased political involvement, in the former case, among LGBT people of all races and in the latter case among LGBT people of color.…”

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“…Indeed, much was at stake in November 2016 for African Americans and LGBT people, two of the most reliable Democratic voting blocs (Dawson 1994; Egan 2012; Frymer 1999; Strolovitch et al, 2017; Tate 1993). But although both Black and LGBT voters can prove pivotal in local and national elections (Egan 2012; Lewis et al, 2011; Schaffner and Senic, 2006), we know little about the determinants of voting among Black LGBT people, whose marginalized status is constituted by the intersection of race and sexuality and whose concerns have historically been given short-shrift by both mainstream civil rights and LGBT rights organizations (Battle and Harris 2013; Cohen 1999; Harris and Battle, 2013; Hunter 2010; Strolovitch 2007, 2012; Strolovitch et al, 2017; VanDaalen and Santos, 2017). 2 And although decades of research on the determinants of political participation has made it almost an article of faith that members of higher status groups vote at higher rates than their lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) counterparts, recent work has suggested that there are circumstances under which members of marginalized groups might, in fact, vote at higher rates.…”

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Both African American and LGBT voters can prove pivotal in electoral outcomes, but we know little about civic participation among Black LGBT people. Although decades of research on political participation has made it almost an article of faith that members of dominant groups (such as White people and individuals of higher socioeconomic status) vote at higher rates than their less privileged counterparts, recent work has suggested that there are circumstances under which members of marginalized groups might participate at higher rates. Some of this research suggests that political participation might also increase when groups perceive elections as particularly threatening. We argue that when such threats are faced by marginalized groups, the concern to protect hard-earned rights can activate a sense of what we call “political hypervigilance,” and that such effects may be particularly pronounced among members of intersectionally-marginalized groups such as LGBT African Americans. To test this theory, we use original data from the 2016 National Survey on HIV in the Black Community, a nationally-representative survey of Black Americans, to explore the relationship among same-sex sexual behavior, attitudes toward LGBT people, and respondent voting intentions in the 2016 presidential election. We find that respondents who reported having engaged in same-sex sexual behavior were strongly and significantly more likely to say they “definitely will vote” compared to respondents who reported no same-sex sexual behavior. More favorable views of LGBT individuals and issues (marriage equality) were also associated with greater intention to vote. We argue that these high rates provide preliminary evidence that political hypervigilance can, in fact, lead to increased political engagement among members of marginalized groups.

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“…In addition, activism was also related to psychological well‐being among White college students (Klar & Kasser, 2009), although the link for racial–ethnic minorities was less clear depending on whether engagement of activism was low‐ or high‐risk (e.g., Klar & Kasser, 2009; VanDaalen & Santos, 2017). Also, in a national survey of Black American adults, Seaton et al.…”

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Development of a support for Black Lives Matter measure among racially–ethnically diverse college students

Yoo

Atkin

Seaton

et al. 2021

American J of Comm Psychol

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This paper developed and validated a new measure of support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement among a racially–ethnically diverse sample of college students. The measure focuses on the movement’s principles of Black liberation, intersectionality, and alliance building. Participants included 1934 college students (75% female) from a large public Southwestern university. The factor structure was supported by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, resulting in an 18‐item measure, Support for Black Lives Matter, with two underlying factors. Black Liberation includes 12 items representing support for BLM because of awareness of and challenging structural inequality and racism experienced by Black individuals. Intersectional Values includes six items representing support for BLM because it embraces and affirms marginalized populations within the Black community, especially disabled Blacks, queer Blacks, Black women, and Black families with children. Evidence of criterion‐related validity was demonstrated with racial group differences in support of BLM factors. Evidence of convergent validity was supported by significant positive correlations between support for BLM factors and critical consciousness (including awareness of racism, classism, and heterosexism), and negative correlations between support for BLM factors and subtle racist attitudes toward Blacks. Measurement invariance was evident between White, Black, Asian American, Latinx, and Multiracial participants. Implications and suggestions for use of the new measure are discussed.

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Racism and Sociopolitical Engagement Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Racial/Ethnic Minority Adults

Cited by 20 publications

References 32 publications

Queering Black activism: Exploring the relationship between racial identity and Black activist orientation among Black LGBTQ youth

Queering Black activism: Exploring the relationship between racial identity and Black activist orientation among Black LGBTQ youth

Marginalized Yet Mobilized

Development of a support for Black Lives Matter measure among racially–ethnically diverse college students

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